Eerily familiar?

Consider this exchange from the end of Primary Colors. Couldnt this be the transcript between Sen Clinton and the electorate? Its been 16 years. We need to move on. This game has corrupted.

Clinton: This is it, Henry. This is the price you pay to lead. You don't think Lincoln was a whore before he was president? He had to tell his stories and smile his back-country grin. He did that so one day he'd have the opportunity to stand before the nation and appeal to our better nature. That's where the bullshit stops. That's what it's all about. Making the most of it, doing it the right way.

You know that there are plenty of people in this game who don't think that way. They'll sell their souls, lie to people, divide them, play on their fears, for nothing. Just for the prize.

Henry: I don't care. I'm sorry, but I'm not comparing the players. I don't like the game.

Clinton: Who can do this better than me? Is there anyone else who can win this election. . . .

Media Bias

Don't think the media has a bias towards ridiculous issues? Watch John Edwards connect with the audience on ISSUES like healthcare, poverty and Jet Skis. If only the media covered issues the 2 man race might be a two man race for the Dems, with Hillary and her tactics long left behind.

And, he's funny! Wish he had stronger foreign policy experience cause he and Sen Obama would be an amazing, uniting team.

Kvetch

Last nights ABC debate? Shameful and the perfect metaphor for this election. I am dying to see the new polls and ultimately results in Pennsylvania. As we have seen in the last few days, Hillary's numbers drop (while her negatives grow) the more negative she becomes and thats all she has left in her bag of tricks. So ABC might have done Sen Obama a favor, ultimately.

How long before the Chris Matthews', Fox News, ABC News, etc. get it? We the people don't want anymore of this unproductive, destructive, petty personality stuff. 45 minutes before Sen Obama was asked a substantive question on an issue about which people care/vote.

And while I am just complaining today, FX's The Riches, which I grew to love last season is really losing me this season. This entire season seems to contrived, Im just not enjoying it at all. Apparently, their writers are still on strike. There is no nuance to the stories and I think I could lie better than Dahlia has been able, so far.

But I love Minnie Driver and Eddie Izzard (the lovable lush - we used to buy him shots on Sunset), the son (Noel Fosher - who's kinda hot to me, even though toe headed white trash types are usually my friend Ron's type) and the incredibly brave Aiden Mitchell who plays their yongest son who is most comfortable when dressed as a girl. Oh, and there is a daughter, but the part of a rebellious teenage girl in high school leaves me sort of bored from the get go.

Credit where credit is due

to SNL for finally finding some comedic fault with Hillary. They even swiped at McCain.

Hillary, you're getting to me (not in a good way).

My original headline was going to be: Hillary, You Digust Me. In response to the Obama Bitter non-troversy, she said the following while also winking at the on-going religion smear - a mud-slinging 2-fer:

I grew up in a church-going family, a family that believed in the importance of living out and expressing our faith (dry heave here). The people I know don't 'cling to' religion because they're bitter. People embrace faith not because they are materially poor, but because they are spiritually rich.

Full on heave here. Is there nothing she won't say? No tactic? No group to whom she won't pander or exploit?